MIAMI Science Museum director Gillian Thomas visited Imperial
last week to finalise details of a £1 million museum
programme proposal to the National Science Foundation which uses
Boing Boing to teach the American public about nanotechnology.
The national Nanotechnology Centre will be located at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory which has agreed to be a partner in the Boing
Boing museum project entitled The Adventures of Boing Boing the
Bioinc Cat.
Science advisers for the project include Tim Jones, professor of
chemistry, John Kilner, head of materials (chair), Chris Toumazou,
head of bioengineering, and Molly Stevens, lecturer in biomaterials
and tissue engineering.
A proposed 2,000sq ft travelling exhibit will feature two
functioning models of Boing Boing which incorporates interactive
demonstrations of nanotechnology, such as sensors, bionic eyes and
ears, microprocessors, and energy sources.
The exhibit will focus on three Boing Boing stories to
illustrate to the public how nanotechnology works.
How nanotechnology helps save a space station will be based on
Boing Boing book six, while another, how nanotechnology can help
the bionic cat save explorers lost in the Amazon rainforest, is
taken from book seven.
It involves Bit-bit the bionic butterfly carrying out a search
pattern and beaming information down to Boing Boing.
The third story, taken from book five, uses a newly discovered
pyramid, a funeral barge and a Boing Boing, complete with maze
solving magnetic sensors.
